James O. Plinton Jr. (July 22, 1914 – July 4, 1996) was a U.S. commercial airline executive, commercial airline entrepreneur, and former U.S. Army Air...
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Benjamin O. Davis Sr. had been the first black brigadier general in the United States Army.[citation needed] On December 18, 1912, Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. was...
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Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. (February 11, 1920 – February 25, 1978) was a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force who, in 1975, became the first African...
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over the court-martial. They were Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr., Captain George L. Knox II, Captain James T. Wiley, captain John H. Duren, Captain Charles...
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a desk job when the actual commander, Lt. Col. (later Gen.) Benjamin O. Davis Jr. flew many combat missions (because both black and white commanders needed...
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by thick snow). To save themselves, the POWs leave the train and spell P-O-W with their bodies and prevent further strafing. After arriving at the new...
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protest, the 477th was relocated back to Godman Field. Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., took command on 1 July, and black officers replaced white officers...
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fellow 1949 Top Gun winner Harry Stewart Jr., is among the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen. James Henry Harvey III was born in Montclair,...
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public was mostly favorable. Besides the character of Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (who is actually among the attendees during the wing pinning ceremony...
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other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kindelberger of North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement...
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original on 10 December 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2018. Velasco, E. Alfonso, Jr. "Aztec Eagle – P-47D of the Mexican Expeditionary Air Force". Archived 2005-09-04...
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single Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was reported damaged by Lieutenant Willie Ashley Jr. On 2 July the squadron claimed its first verified kill; a Fw 190 destroyed...
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(Thesis). Air Command and Staff College. Kaczor, Bill (1985-12-21). "'Chappie' James was headed for politics, author says". The Sumter Daily Item. Associated...
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Benjamin O. Davis Jr., one of only two black line officers then serving. During training, Tuskegee Army Air Field was commanded first by Major James Ellison...
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class (42-C) of twelve cadets and one student officer, Captain Benjamin O. Davis Jr., who served as Commandant of Cadets, began training on 19 July 1941...
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first class (42-C), which included student officer Captain Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., began training on July 19, 1941. who served as Commandant of Cadets...
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Charles McGee Walter L. McCreary John Mosley Fitzroy Newsum James O. Plinton Jr. Wendell O. Pruitt Louis R. Purnell Sr. Price D. Rice Lawrence E. Roberts...
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Harry Thaddeus Stewart Jr. (born July 4, 1924) is a retired United States Army Air Forces officer, a Distinguished Flying Cross recipient, and a fighter...
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The latter title is derived from the late Major General Frank Worth Elliott Jr., USAF, former Chanute Technical Center Commander and the Village of Rantoul's...
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with medicines. Civil rights leaders Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, James Farmer, John Lewis, and Diane Nash met at Harris’ home to...
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Legendy: P-39 Airacobra (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Jan Vašut s.r.o., 2008. ISBN 978-80-7236-573-9. Pelletier, A. J. Bell Aircraft since 1935...
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"BlackVoices.org-Wendell O. Pruitt". Pruitt, Wendell Oliver (1920–1945) on BlackVoices.org. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2014. Wendell O. Pruitt at Find...
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training and they were Capt. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. and second lieutenants George S. Roberts, Charles H. DeBow, Jr., Mac Ross, and Lemuel R. Custis. On...
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Percy Heath (redirect from Percy L. Heath, Jr.)
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original on February 18, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2007. Horace J. Sheely, Jr. (1965-03-01) National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings: Tuskegee Institute...
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of Honor recipients Frederick C. Branch Benjamin O. Davis Martin Delany Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr. National Association for Black Veterans List of African-American...
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